MPG [Archive] - Wiltshire Bikers

Robf

02-09-09, 10:23 PM

Ok, i own a Honda cbf250 and i recently decided to take it to reserve, i got to reserve at 250 miles ish, which turns out to be 85 mpg from a 16 litre fuel tank with 2.5 litre reserve. I was just wondering what everyone else gets roughly.

suet

02-09-09, 10:50 PM

Not enough! Only about 120 miles per tank on my CBR600 :'( Do hate having to stop to fuel up so much!

finbar

02-09-09, 11:20 PM

Gsxr 1000 k6, making progress :D but using the engines torque, 39 mpg is normal. if I am in touring mode 46 mpg is possible, which I find amazing! So 155 to 160 miles per tank is do''able.

Mosser

03-09-09, 07:39 AM

250 miles on 16 litres of fuel is actually 71mpg, still very good economy though, if you used the 2.5 litre reserve as well (i'm not sure if you did), then its only 61mpg

My FZS600 does 210 miles between fillups and takes 20 litres which is about 48mpg

Kevinb

03-09-09, 08:38 AM

I get about 35-38mpg out of the MT-01. It only has a 15 ltr tank (12 Litres plus 3 reserve). If I rant it, which is my normal riding style I hit reserve after about 100 miles.

FJ_Biker

03-09-09, 09:20 AM

Just under 40 to the gallon on the FJ1200 – 160 miles before the fuel light

Just under 50 to the gallon on the Bandit 600 - 145 before reserve

Brains_SA

03-09-09, 09:36 AM

On my 955i get about 50mpg or 175miles before the light pops on for the trip to work and back.

Iceman

03-09-09, 09:55 AM

..well I covered 83 miles on £7 of fuel whatever that equates to on my ZX6R. I suppose around 150-180 mile range per tankful average riding. I used to have a CB125T when petrol was 50p per gallon. Could cover about 130 miles on 75p of fuel. [smiley=happy.gif]

Trist

03-09-09, 10:46 AM

Uber Dave

03-09-09, 11:16 AM

I get around 37.5 ish according to a quick load of calculations on my CBR600F that's based on A-Road riding though and running up the revs quite a bit and an average of filling the tank at 150 mile point.

I get about an extra 20/30 miles out of a tank on motorways so that would push it up a bit, but that's sat at 80mph in 6th gear.

Davey

03-09-09, 12:10 PM

I get about 65 mile to a tank full (well til I hit reserve) Could be something to so with small tank, riding the throttle like an on/ off switch but only costs £8-9 to fill up

Trevena

03-09-09, 12:23 PM

I get around 58 MPG on my Silverwing but less if in spirited mode.

Hannah

03-09-09, 01:05 PM

I don't think I have a reserve becasue I have a fuel gauge on the bike but a full tank on my YZF R125 will do about 250 miles but then my top speed is only 80 lol

Roxy

03-09-09, 01:07 PM

MPG...no idea for the bandit..I just fill up up when its empty! ;D ;)

Geordie Stu

03-09-09, 01:58 PM

MPG...no idea for the bandit..I just fill up up when its empty! ;D ;)

With Petrol Not DIESEL. I know it was your Dad not you :P

My Z750 has a 1.3 gal when the warning light flashes, but usually a full tank will do around 140+

nickw

03-09-09, 04:53 PM

My VTEC VFR does 45-50mpg without fail, even with my girlfriend on the back. It has been up to near 60mpg bimbling on a motorway at 70mph.

I had a '97 cbr600f and that wasn't much better than the vfr to be honest.

I also had a Honda cm125 back in 1985, that did over 80mpg. I think fuel was about 75p a gallon then :)

alanTDM

03-09-09, 06:04 PM

Snowy

03-09-09, 06:34 PM

Anywhere between 320 and 400 miles per tank depending on my mood. Does cost me 35 quid to fill up though. 33 litre tank.

bladep102

03-09-09, 07:24 PM

get about 120-130 out of a tank full on my gixxer though on the road and about 50-60 on a track day

FJ_Biker

03-09-09, 07:48 PM

Anywhere between 320 and 400 miles per tank depending on my mood

I like these figures

igbell

03-09-09, 08:21 PM

Nickw why so low on the vfr??
I get about 180 to 200 miles to a tank on the olf Fi VFR800

nicko600

03-09-09, 10:00 PM

Hornet returns between 35 & 45 mpg depending upon how I ride it.

bubblylittleme

03-09-09, 11:19 PM

i use approx £11-12 to fill tank and get 150miles....is that good or bad?

Kevinb

04-09-09, 08:29 AM

I'm just glad my bike does about 38mpg. My 2.8TD Pajero I only get about 20mpg which is still more economical than the 3.2Ltr Merc coupe I just sold. Only did about 14 :o

igbell

04-09-09, 09:57 AM

nickw

04-09-09, 03:32 PM

Nickw why so low on the vfr??
I get about 180 to 200 miles to a tank on the olf Fi VFR800

I am not sure it is low to be honest. I recently went to Bournemouth with the girlfriend on the backand luggage. We did 200 miles on that day and put in just over 17 litres to fill it back up again. So thats at the 50 mpg mark, Not bad I dont think. I regulary see 200 miles before I fill it up.

I used to have a dodgy thermostat which lreduced fuel cosumption by shed loads !! I replaced quite recently. A commmon thing on these models, now its back to normal :)

Pretty similar figures, I may have a bigger tank range, not sure ;)

nickw

04-09-09, 03:36 PM

Do I just buy wagons and bikes that seam to run on fumes or something?? The wifes Passat avg's about 40Mpg when I used to use it running up and down to Wallingford it ran at 55Mpg, when I had the Golf GTi I was getting about 30Mpg for a town journey of 4 Miles, but on a good run I got 38Mpg....

My Polo tdi 3 cyl runs on fumes, its a brilliant car. That does over 60mpg all day long. Had lots of VW's too, including golf gti's all returning pretty much the same as yours. Cant go wrong with german cars lol

Mark_Able

05-09-09, 08:04 PM

Our YBR125's do about 140mpg.
Our Van Van's do about 100mpg.
Our GS500K7's do about 65mpg.
My FZ1 does about 45mpg.
My R1 when I was racing, was doing less than 20mpg! Normally about 17mpg... :o

Karl

05-09-09, 08:21 PM

I also have no idea, just fill up when needed. But I dont even notice as when you fill up your bike for £15 now and then, it never seems to hurt as much as a car £40 ago. I have not had a car for over 3 years now, which always seemed needing petrol. I am quite happy to put it in. :)

Kevinb

06-09-09, 03:14 PM

My Pajero has a 100 litre diesel tank :o
I try and fill it when it gets down to a quarter full. That way i'm only usually depressed for about an hour. :'(

Trevena

06-09-09, 06:34 PM

17Ltr Tank, I went to Redruth, Cornwall last friday morning via A303 Exeter,Plymouth/Liskard( lot of traffic) then picked up the A30 at Bodmin got to Redruth with 220 miles and fuel warning light came on.Filled up again Sunday 17ltr and only used about 3/4 tank and had 45miles left when got back home. ;D

I'm going home in just over a weeks time, I need a pasty. Normally make sure I fill up around Monkton when I stop for a burger and a cuppa at that great little layby burger van.

06-09-09, 08:25 PM

i get about 120 miles per 13 litres on my zx6r, no reserve, just tells me to get my arse to a garage quick...... or im pushing it lol

Mark_Able

07-09-09, 08:28 PM

My Dodge Charger takes 19 gallons, but needs filling after going to Swindon and back. Normally does about 8 to the gallon... :o The bike sort of balances things out... sort of... :'(

jimmer

07-09-09, 10:21 PM

A few less pies for the driver me thinks,keep the weight down :D

igbell

08-09-09, 08:24 AM

Well we will really see what my bike does with the North Wales run this Sunday....

Kevinb

08-09-09, 08:43 AM

8 miles to the gallon. You will need a few more of the 5p of per litre vouchers from Tesco or Sainsbury's then.

Mark_Able

08-09-09, 07:07 PM

8 miles to the gallon. You will need a few more of the 5p of per litre vouchers from Tesco or Sainsbury's then.

Yes please!!! ;D

28-09-09, 09:05 PM

I just totted up all the petrol receipts for my CBR125R. In the 25 weeks I owned it, I filled it up 31 times with a total of 195 litres (43 gallons) and travelled 4582 miles, so that works out at an average of 183 miles/week, 153 miles/tank, 107 miles/gallon.

HensonA

29-09-09, 01:38 PM

I managed 60 mpg from my XJ6 while I was doing its first 600 miles very slowly at 5,000 rpm max. Can now go to 7,000 rpm for next 400 miles so mpg will start falling now!!....

Adrian :-?

Mark_Able

29-09-09, 09:10 PM

A few less pies for the driver me thinks,keep the weight down :D

Actually, I've worked it out, and it's doing 10.2mpg. I think not bad for a 7.3litre V8. And that was carrying a tent, 3 sleeping bags, 3 airbeds, a gas cooker, gas bottle, 3 deck chairs, a spare radiator, 3 socket sets of different sizes, timing light, 5 litres of water, 2 litres of trans fluid, 2 litres of oil, various electrical connectors and tools, 3 clothes bags, 3 pillows, 2 cool bags and a cool box, a copy of 'NUTS' magazine, and me and 2 mates. Who's the fat git??? :P

Kevinb

30-09-09, 08:42 AM

Mark. You could have left all the camping stuff at home, got 13 mpg and used the money saved on a hotel. ;D
P.S. You could have still taken the NUTS magazine as that doesn't weigh much.

Mark_Able

30-09-09, 08:51 PM

Mark. You could have left all the camping stuff at home, got 13 mpg and used the money saved on a hotel. ;D
P.S. You could have still taken the NUTS magazine as that doesn't weigh much.

Got to have the essentials... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Cemorah

15-10-09, 02:13 PM

1987 GPZ500 57-63MPG

1996 VFR 53-57 MPG
see I knew fuel injection wasn't worth it Nick - or am I supposed to open that throttly thing all the time??

R2D2

15-10-09, 11:08 PM

About 200 miles to a tank, on my '99 Thundercat.

But I'm pretty caution with the throttle, so... :-/

Jon_W

16-10-09, 08:03 AM

I get about 60 from the Honda around town.

The Sv I dread to think.... anywhere between 100 and 140 miles to a tank... depends on the loud switch... The mini is almost as good at 38mpg

SupeRDel

16-10-09, 09:00 AM

I used to carry a note book back in the early days and made a not of the MPG and the cost and how many mile I got to a gallon (now litre)

Its a bit "anorakie"... :P but the real results would frighten you.

I took this nostalgic picture of my GS1000E back in 1981. Thats the Jet garage (now Fiat) behind by the Lysley. It had a petrol attendant then who filled the bike for you.

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l109/superdel/uu.jpg

Think yourselfs lucky how cheap petrol is today it won't be long before we are paying that for a litre!.... >:(

ACTUALLY

The £1.61 is the gallon price or 4.54 litres

Thats 35p a litre............ :o

Amante_271

16-10-09, 09:29 AM

I havent a clue with the trike as it doesnt have a speedometer thats working but its got a Reliant fuel tank so 27litres takes it quite along way!.... when its running! ;)

Bikermouse

17-10-09, 02:01 PM

I have had 170 miles out of the CBR400 (but did manage to run out of petrol, well at least to have to switch the reserve on at that point). Not sure how many mpg that equates to..... maths not my strongest point.

kj

30-10-09, 02:44 PM

In my first month on the Ninja 250, I've done 1260 miles and filled it up 7 times with a total of 82 litres (18 gallons), so that works out at an average of 315 miles/week, 180 miles/tank, 70 miles/gallon.